Skip to main content
University of Cambridge

Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

On Tuesday 2 June, the Kettle’s Yard house will be closing at 2pm (last entry at 1pm). The café will be closing at 3pm and Kettle’s Yard will close completely at 4pm, including the shop and galleries.

Book Tickets
VisitWhat's On

Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

On Tuesday 2 June, the Kettle’s Yard house will be closing at 2pm (last entry at 1pm). The café will be closing at 3pm and Kettle’s Yard will close completely at 4pm, including the shop and galleries.

Photo: © Kettle's Yard

Painting

Death ship, 1941-42

Alfred Wallis
Oil on card (dark brown)
198 x 359 mm
KY00740.E
Not on display

About the artist

Born 1855 – Died 1942

Wallis was born in Devon. He worked as a fisherman and later a scrap-metal merchant in St. Ives, Cornwall. After the death of his wife in 1922, he turned to painting as a way of fending off loneliness.

Read the full biography